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. 2015 Jun 30;71(Pt 7):1444–1454. doi: 10.1107/S1399004715007816
Angle () CG ND1 CE1 NE2 CD2 §
ND1 protonated
EH91 105.2 (10) 109.0(17) 111.7 (13) 107.0 (30) 109.5 (23) 542.4
EH99 106.0 (14) 108.2 (14) 109.9 (22) 106.6 (25) 109.2 (19) 539.9
PDB, no metals 105.2 (9) 108.3 (8) 110.9 (14) 105.8 (17) 109.7 (15) 539.9
PDB, metals 105.5 (8) 108.4 (8) 110.4 (12) 106.4 (14) 109.3 (12) 540.0
PDB, all 105.5 (8) 108.4 (8) 110.4 (12) 106.4 (14) 109.3 (12) 540.0
CSD, no metals 104.8 (5) 107.7 (3) 111.8 (3) 104.7 (5) 111.0 (7) 540.0
CSD, metals 105.1 (4) 108.2 (4) 111.2 (6) 105.3 (5) 110.2 (5) 540.0
CSD, all 105.1 (5) 108.1 (5) 111.3 (6) 105.3 (6) 110.3 (6) 540.1
NE2 protonated
EH91 109.2 (7) 105.6 (10) 111.7 (13) 106.9 (13) 106.5 (10) 539.9
EH99 109.2 (7) 105.7 (13) 111.5 (13) 107.1 (11) 106.7 (12) 540.2
PDB, no metals 108.2 (11) 106.4 (14) 110.9 (14) 107.6 (9) 106.8 (6) 539.9
PDB, metals 107.9 (10) 106.8 (11) 110.3 (9) 108.1 (8) 106.9 (8) 540.0
PDB, all 108.1 (11) 106.5 (14) 110.7 (13) 107.8 (9) 106.9 (7) 540.0
CSD, no metals 109.2 (8) 105.2 (8) 112.1 (8) 107.1 (7) 106.5 (7) 540.1
CSD, metals 108.7 (6) 105.8 (7) 111.2 (6) 107.8 (7) 106.4 (8) 539.9
CSD, all 109.1 (8) 105.3 (9) 111.9 (10) 107.2 (8) 106.5 (7) 540.0
ND1 and NE2 protonated
EH91 106.1 (10) 109.3 (17) 108.4 (10) 109.0 (10) 107.2 (10) 540.0
EH99 106.1 (8) 109.0 (10) 108.5 (11) 109.0 (7) 107.3 (7) 539.9
PDB, no metals 106.2 (4) 109.0 (7) 108.7 (6) 108.5 (7) 107.7 (4) 540.1
CSD, no metals 105.9 (5) 109.3 (5) 108.4 (5) 108.9 (6) 107.4 (5) 539.9
ND1 and NE2 deprotonated
CSD, metals 107.2 (7) 104.8 (7) 114.0 (8) 104.3 (6) 109.7 (4) 540.0
PDB resolution 3.0, all 106.3 (8) 109.2 (9) 108.5 (7) 108.9 (6) 107.1 (5) 540.0

These values seem to be in error. The corrected value for the EH99 NE2CD2 bond length is 1.372 and that for the EH91 CE1 angle is 109.3, giving the sum = 540.0.

In metal complexes, ND1 is protonated when NE2 is metal-coordinated and vice versa.

§

Sum of the endocyclic valence angles (expected to be 540.0 for a planar five-membered ring).